#EBCD59#EBCD59

#EBCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCD59
RGB	rgb(235, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -2.61, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 60.12, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0115 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.138 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.8980, 62.0490, 18.3762)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCD59 #5977EB

analogous

#EB8459 #EBCD59 #C0EB59

triadic

#EBCD59 #59EBCD #CD59EB

tetradic

#EBCD59 #59EB84 #5977EB #EB59C0

square

#EBCD59 #59EB84 #5977EB #EB59C0

split-complementary

#EBCD59 #59C0EB #8459EB

monochromatic

#B49316 #E4BD22 #EBCD59 #F2DD90 #F8EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EBCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#EBCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCD59

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCD59	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8c',
    500: '#ebcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcd59;
$custom-light: #f5db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85209,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCD59

secondary

#344FB4

accent

#35DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCD59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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